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1945–46 Ranji Trophy

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1945–46 Ranji Trophy
The Ranji Trophy
Administrator(s)BCCI
Cricket formatFirst-class
Tournament format(s)Knockout
ChampionsHolkar (1st title)
Participants21
Most runsHemu Adhikari (Baroda) (555)[1]
Most wicketsAmir Elahi (Baroda) (30)[2]

The 1945–46 Ranji Trophy was the 12th season of the Ranji Trophy. Holkar won the title defeating Baroda in the final.

Highlights

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  • Holkar scored 912 for 8 decl against Mysore in the semifinal.[3] This was the highest score in Indian first class cricket until Hyderabad made 944 for 6 against Andhra in 1993–94.[4]
  • Six batsmen scored hundreds for Holkar: Kamal Bhandarkar 142, Chandu Sarwate 101, Madhavsinh Jagdale 164, C. K. Nayudu 101, Bhausaheb Nimbalkar 172 and Rameshwar Pratap Singh 100. This has never been equalled.[5]
  • There were seven century partnerships in the Holkar innings. All wickets from one to eight, except the second, made more than 100 runs.
  • B. K. Garudachar took 4 wickets for 301. This is the most expensive bowling in Indian cricket, and third most expensive in all first-class cricket.[6]
  • Chandu Sarwate took 9 for 61 in the Mysore first innings in addition to his hundred. It is the only instance of a century and nine wickets in an innings in Indian cricket.[7]
  • Mysore conceded defeat on the fourth day.
  • Baroda won the Zonal finals and the Semifinals by the spin of a coin, as both matches were unable to produce a winner. The Zonal finals were drawn with the first innings incomplete,[8] while their semifinal ended in a tie.[9]
  • Vijay Merchant averaged 405.00 with the bat (405 in two innings, once out). This is the highest batting average achieved for any Ranji season.
  • C. K. Nayudu scored 200 for Holkar v Baroda in the final at the age of 50 years and 142 days. He is the oldest Indian cricketer to score a double hundred and the fifth oldest in all first class cricket after Dave Nourse, John King, Archie MacLaren and Jack Hobbs.[10]

Zonal Matches

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South Zone

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Round 1Round 2
 
      
 
14 Dec 1945 – Bangalore
 
 
Mysore158 & 292
 
26 Jan 1946 – Bangalore
 
Madras172 & 166
 
Mysore188 & 309
 
21 Dec 1945 – Nagpur
 
Hyderabad176 & 220
 
Central Provinces and Berar154 & 127
 
 
Hyderabad399
 

West Zone

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Round 1Round 2Round 3
 
          
 
 
 
 
25 Jan 1946 – Bombay
 
 
Bombay560/5d
 
29 Dec 1945 – Karachi
 
Sind234 & 306
 
Sind416 & 61/1
 
9 Feb 1946 – Bombay
 
Maharashtra258 & 250/9d
 
Bombay645
 
19 Dec 1945 – Jamnagar
 
Baroda (T)465/6
 
Baroda328 & 363/5d
 
2 Feb 1946 – Baroda
 
Nawanagar218 & 138/8
 
Baroda243 & 277
 
14 Dec 1945 – Rajkot
 
Western India215 & 104/8
 
Western India199 & 158
 
 
Gujarat164 & 190
 

(T) – Advanced to next round by spin of coin.

East Zone

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Round 1Round 2
 
      
 
20 Dec 1945 – Kanpur
 
 
United Provinces99 & 221
 
19 Jan 1946 – Calcutta
 
Bengal126 & 239
 
Bengal119 & 266
 
15 Dec 1945 – Indore
 
Holkar288 & 102/5
 
Holkar433
 
 
Bihar142 & 104
 

North Zone

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Round 1Round 2Round 3
 
          
 
 
 
 
10 Jan 1946 – Patiala
 
 
Southern Punjab472
 
28 Dec 1945 – Delhi
 
Delhi181 & 98
 
Delhi91 & 203/7
 
7 Feb 1946 – Patiala
 
North West Frontier Province141 & 150
 
Southern Punjab658/8d
 
 
Northern India250
 
 
2 Feb 1946 – Rajputana
 
 
Rajputana220 & 114
 
 
Northern India212 & 125/1
 
 
 
 

Inter-Zonal Knockout matches

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
2 Mar 1946 – Indore
 
 
Holkar912/8d
 
22 Mar 1946 – Indore
 
Mysore190 & 509/6
 
Holkar342 & 273
 
4 Mar 1946 – Patiala
 
Baroda198 & 361
 
Southern Punjab167 & 146
 
 
Baroda (T)106 & 207
 

(T) – Advanced to finals by spin of coin.

Final

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22–27 March 1946
Scorecard
Holkar (H)
v
342 (149.3 overs)
C. K. Nayudu 200
Ahmed Patel 3/52
148 (77 overs)
Vijay Hazare 87*
C. S. Nayudu 5/66
273 (118.5 overs)
Hiralal Gaekwad 79*
Vivek Hazare 4/49
361 (136.5 overs)
M. M. Naidu 91
C. S. Nayudu 5/148
Holkar won by 106 runs
Yeshwant Club Ground, Indore
Umpires: Jamshed Patel and T. A. Ramachandran
  • Holkar won the toss and decided to bat

Scorecards and averages

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References

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  1. ^ "Ranji Trophy, 1945/46 / Records / Most runs". Retrieved 23 August 2014.
  2. ^ "Ranji Trophy, 1945/46 / Records / Most wickets". Retrieved 23 August 2014.
  3. ^ Holkar v Mysore, 2–5 March 1946
  4. ^ Highest team totals in India
  5. ^ Most hundreds in an innings
  6. ^ Most runs conceded in an innings, acscricket.com
  7. ^ Century and five wickets in an innings, acscricket.com
  8. ^ Bombay v Baroda, 9–12 February 1946
  9. ^ Southern Punjab v Baroda, 4–7 March 1946
  10. ^ Oldest batsmen to score 200 in first class cricket